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PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST TENSE
In regular verbs ending in t or d, the ‘ed’ is pronounced as a separate syllable.
count counted waitwaited landlanded
When we add ‘ed’ to regular verbs of one syllable not ending in t or d, they are
pronounced as one syllable.
livelived closeclosed crosscrossed
Pronounce the following past tense forms. Then write the number 1 or 2 to show
whether the word is pronounced as a word of one syllable or as a word of two
syllables.
1. ended __________ 21. rushed __________
2. watched __________ 22. parted __________
3. counted __________ 23. cooked __________
4. stayed __________ 24. rented __________
5. needed __________ 25. lived __________
6. called __________ 26. shared __________
7. seemed __________ 27. lasted __________
8. planned __________ 28. closed __________
9. waited __________ 29. helped __________
10. washed __________ 30. landed __________
11. wanted __________ 31. used __________
12. walked __________ 32. hoped __________
13. pushed __________ 33. handed __________
14. spelled __________ 34. crossed __________
15. planted __________ 35. signed __________
16. cleaned __________ 36. earned __________
17. asked __________ 37. painted __________
18. pointed __________ 38. dropped __________
19. moved __________ 39. burned __________
20. shopped __________ 40. laughed __________
2. PRONUNCIATION OF “S”
The letter ‘s’ in English is sometimes pronounced like ‘s’ and sometimes like ‘z’.
/s/ /z/
class does
bus busy
cost his
miss goes
Practice listening to and pronouncing the different ‘s’ sounds. Write ‘s’ or ‘z’ to show
how the letter is pronounced.
a. When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in an unvoiced consonant (p, t, f, k, s, etc.) ,
the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘t’.
b. When ‘ed’ is added to a verb ending in a voiced consonant (b, d, v, g, z, l, etc.) or in
a vowel sound, the final ‘d’ is pronounced ‘d’.
Write ‘t’ or ‘d’ to show the pronunciation of the ‘ed’ in each word.
1. lived __________ 22. boiled __________
2. picked __________ 23. finished __________
3. jumped __________ 24. burned __________
4. placed __________ 25. filled __________
5. hurried __________ 26. passed __________
6. rushed __________ 27. excused __________
7. smoked __________ 28. mailed __________
8. killed __________ 29. slipped __________
9. looked __________ 30. liked __________
10. dropped __________ 31. used __________
11. turned __________ 32. changed __________
12. crossed __________ 33. worked __________
13. entered __________ 34. studied __________
14. stopped __________ 35. talked __________
15. earned __________ 36. spelled __________
16. knocked __________ 37. thanked __________
17. saved __________ 38. washed __________
18. played __________ 39. poured __________
19. wished __________ 40. walked __________
20. showed __________ 41. pulled __________
21. closed __________ 42. tried __________
4. SILENT LETTERS
For each of the words below, write the consonant that is written but not
pronounced.
The s/ es ending has three pronunciations:
· es is /iz/ after the sounds:
· es is /z/ after ‘voiced’ sounds (except /z/, /dch/, /ch/
***With a voiced sound there is vibration.
· es is /s/ after ‘unvoiced’ sounds (except /tchiz/, /chiz/, /s/.